The Chemistry & Forensic Sciences Building is located at the southwestern corner of the intersection of Avenue J and 20th Street.
Spread across the three story, 62,000 square-foot building are classrooms, offices, and laboratories. The building was originally conceived as an addition to the Farrington Building but available space around that building was too limiting; instead, the addition became a separate $18 Million facility a half-block south.
Prior to construction the area was a commuter parking lot and the temporary location of a Barnes and Noble university bookstore.
Photographs
An aerial photograph from the mid-1980s shows the commuter parking lot that would eventually give way to the new Science Building and South Paw dining hall.
The west side of the Science Building under construction in 2005.
The west side of the Science Building over construction in 2007. Wait - does that make sense?
The building's dedication plaque.
The southern (or rear) entrance facing what's left of the parking lot.
